Suicide bomber kills three at US base in Afghanistan

Meanwhile, the Afghan policewoman suspected of killing a US contractor at police headquarters in Kabul suffered from mental illness and was driven to suicidal despair by poverty, her children said.

The woman was identified by authorities as Narges Rezaeimomenabad, a 40-year-old grandmother and mother-of-three who moved from Iran 10 years ago and married an Afghan man.

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Her son Sayed, 16, and daughter Fatima, 13, recalled Rezaeimomenabad's severe mood swings, and how at times she beat them. They said she was consistent in bemoaning poverty.

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